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On a Relatively Light-skinned African Tribe - Abbe Durand
The purported existence of a light-skinned tribe in Africa is the topic of this intriguing 1879 presentation by Abbe Durand to members of the Anthropology Society of Paris. This tribe, according to Portuguese explorers, was originally seen inhabiting the western Congo in 1592, but by 1879 was now, states Durand, "said to be in Mozambique." Calling the entire matter a "puzzle," Durand offers a plausible solution to it, hypothesizing that the light-skinned African tribe originated, in fact, from a...
Keywords: Abbe Durand; Robert K. Stevenson; Paul Broca; Portuguese explorers Albuquerque or Lopez; Mozambique; Congo; Africa; Damaraland; Loango; Lisbon; Brazil; Bushmen; Kassikers; Negroes; Haw-Koins; Indians of the Amazon; Brazilian Indians; African tribe; light-skinned Africans; white Negroes; Arab slave-dealers; 15th or 16th Century; Anthropology Society of Paris; gold and ivory trade
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